Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi has addressed the early substitution of Bradley Cross during their match against Stellenbosch on Wednesday evening.
The left-back was replaced by Teboho Potsane in the 30th minute.
Cross, who was recently returning from injury, was deployed as a wing-back, providing extra defensive support to the back three.
Nabi explained that some defensive confusion occurred, requiring a change in approach.
He felt the team needed a boost in character and opted to bring on former Royal AM winger, Potsane, to provide that spark.
NABI ON CROSS’S EARLY SUBSTITUTION
“First of all congratulations to the players, it's not easy to come back from a goal down, we started well the first five minutes, we had the control,” Nabi said on SuperSport TV
“But we noticed that there was a little bit of confusion with the system of a back-three, which gave the opportunity to the opponent to take control of the game, to have more possession, that's why we made the tactical change.
“By taking off the left back (Bradley Cross) and putting on the winger (Tebogo Potsane) and it's not easy against such a good team like Stellenbosch to come from behind and score two, that requires character and that's what we feel today we had and credit goes to the players.
“It's true that in the chances we created we managed to score two goals but the last game we played in Cape Town (took a lot from us), a lot of players had pains but they managed to play through the pain and give everything for the team, for the birthday, and to the amazing fans to come out top at the end of 90 minutes.”
